Teenager killed in car accident

PUBLISHED: 19:12 24 July 2018 | UPDATED: 19:12 24 July 2018 Kye Mclean and Zac Smith. Picture: SUFFOLK POLICE Archant Two teenage friends travelling together in a car were tragically killed after hitting a patch of standing water and colliding with a tree, an inquest has heard. Flowers left at the scene of the fatal accident on the B1115, near Chilton Airfield. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWNZac Smith and Kye McLean, both 18, died following the single-vehicle crash on the B1115 Great Waldingfield Road, near Chilton Airfield, on August 9 last year. The pair were travelling in a silver Vauxhall Corsa and driver Zac, of North Rise, Great Cornard, and passenger Kye, of Rockhall Road, Polstead, were both pronounced dead at the scene.Suffolk Coroners’ Court heard today that heavy rain throughout the day of the accident had caused a build-up of standing water on the road and it was raining at the time of the incident.As the Corsa went to overtake a Land Rover Discovery on the road going … [Read more...] about Teenagers killed in tragic crash hit standing water on road

A number of criminals were jailed last month for a range of despicable west London crimes. Among those now behind bars are two moped thugs who killed charity worker and a former priest who watched and shared child sex abuse videos in paedophile forums. There was also a man from Hounslow who knocked down and killed an 11-year-old Cranford boy while speeding, who was jailed for 27 months last week. From violent thieves to gang members who carried out an attack with weapons including long swords, here are the faces behind some of west London's most despicable crimes. Read More News from west London Mohammad Gamoota A Grenfell Tower fraudster who pretended his dad died in the fire to get hundreds of pounds in cash and a free hotel stay, where he racked up a large room service bill, was jailed last month. Mohammad Gamoota , 31, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to two fraud charges at Isleworth Crown Court on Friday June 1. Gamoota claimed he had been … [Read more...] about These are the faces of the west London criminals jailed in June

PUBLISHED: 18:21 23 May 2018 | UPDATED: 19:48 23 May 2018 Charlie Coe The family of Matthew Woodward, 18, have paid tribute to him after he was killed in a car crash. Picture: Woodward family Archant A teenager who died when his “pride and joy” Mini veered off the road before hitting oncoming traffic had gone 29 hours without sleep prior to the crash, an inquest heard. The A134, close to the Lynford Stag, heading towards Munford. Picture: Archant Matthew Woodward, 18, of Shropham Road, Great Hockham, had been working a night shift until just after midnight on the morning of Saturday, October 5 and was due to pick his girlfriend up shortly after 5am on the morning of the accident. At around 5am, having last messaged his girlfriend at 4.33am saying he would pick her up in 30-40mins, he was driving in the direction of Mundford when his Mini veered off the A134 and travelled 48 metres along the road’s verge. The inquest heard Mr Woodward tried to steer his way … [Read more...] about Teenager who died after crashing his ‘pride and joy’ Mini had no sleep in 29 hours, inquest hears

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Thursday it was reviewing a Florida crash of a Tesla Inc vehicle earlier this week that killed two teenagers. FILE PHOTO: A Tesla dealership is seen in West Drayton, just outside London, Britain, February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo NHTSA said in a statement it was “gathering information on the tragic crash in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to understand all of the facts. The agency will take appropriate action based on its review.” The National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday it was opening a probe into the crash and sending four investigators. Earlier, Tesla said its autopilot system was unlikely to have been a factor in the crash. Autopilot, a form of advanced cruise control that has come under scrutiny after two crashes this year, was not engaged when the Model S car drove off the road and hit a concrete wall, catching fire, the company said, adding it … [Read more...] about U.S. safety agency reviewing fatal Tesla crash in Florida

Police believe speed may have been a factor when the vehicle hit a concrete wall and immediately caught on fire. Police and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating a recent fatal crash involving a Tesla Model S.Three 18-year-old teenagers were traveling in the Model S on Seabreeze Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale when the vehicle left the roadway and struck a concrete wall."The vehicle immediately caught on fire, becoming fully engulfed in flames," the FLPD said in a statement. "The speed of which the vehicle was traveling is believed to have been a factor in the traffic crash."The driver and front seat passenger were pronounced deceased at the crash scene, while the backseat passenger was ejected and transported to a nearby hospital.The involvement of a Tesla and battery fire has naturally attracted widespread media attention. The company has previously argued that its cars are statistically much less likely to catch fire than a gasoline-powered vehicle in an accident. … [Read more...] about Two killed in Tesla Model S crash; NTSB to investigate fire

A federal safety agency is investigating a severe crash and fire involving a Telsa electric car that killed two teenagers in Florida.The National Transportation Safety Board said a four-person team will focus on the emergency response to the post-crash fire in the battery of a Tesla Model S in Fort Lauderdale. The agency does not expect Tesla's semi-autonomous Autopilot system to be a part of the investigation.It's the second time in the past two months that the agency has investigated a Tesla fire. A probe is under way into a fire in a Tesla Model X SUV that crashed on a freeway near Mountain View, California, on March 23. Lithium-ion batteries like those used by Tesla can catch fire and burn rapidly in a crash, although Tesla has maintained its vehicles catch fire far less often than those powered by gasoline.Police say the Tesla in Fort Lauderdale with three teenagers inside crashed into a wall and caught fire on Tuesday evening. Two 18-year-olds were trapped and died when the car … [Read more...] about Feds probe Tesla crash and fire in which 2 teens killed

A young moped rider who was killed in a collision with a car in Isleworth on Thursday afternoon (April 26) was an 18-year-old man, police have said. The teenager was involved in a serious road traffic collision with a Toyota in Twickenham Road, opposite Isleworth Library, at around 1.15pm on Thursday. He was pronounced dead at 1.59pm, 40 minutes after police were called to the scene, despite emergency service efforts to save his life. The 18-year-old's next of kin have been informed and a post-mortem examination will be scheduled in due course, a police spokesman said. Tragedy as moped rider killed in Isleworth View gallery The driver of the Toyota stopped at the scene of the accident, which happened between Worton Road and Brantwood Avenue. An air ambulance arrived in Twickenham Road along with an incident response officer, an advanced paramedic, a team leader, an ambulance crew and a hazardous area response team. The helicopter landed in Twickenham Road, which remained … [Read more...] about Moped rider who died in Isleworth crash was just 18

Updated PUBLISHED: 13:35 08 April 2018 | UPDATED: 17:05 08 April 2018 Jake Page, 19, who was tragically killed on his motorbike following a crash in Sudbury. Picture: SUPPLIED BY FAMILY Archant Tributes have been paid to a teenage motorcyclist who was tragically killed after a three-vehicle crash in Sudbury. Melford Road in Sudbury, where the accident happened. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN Jake Page, from Great Waldingfield, died following a collision which involved two cars on Melford Road on Friday. The 19-year-old was airlifted to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge with life-threatening injuries following the collision, but later died. Suffolk police said Jake’s family would like to thank everyone for their love and support during this very difficult time. His family has also requested that well-wishers refrain from leaving roadside tributes to Jake at the scene of the crash. Flowers have been laid at the scene of a fatal road traffic collision on Melford Road … [Read more...] about Motorcyclist killed in fatal Sudbury crash named as Jake Page

Bridget Driscoll isn’t exactly a household name. But thanks to being in the wrong place at the wrong time on 17 August, 1896, Ms Driscoll entered the annals of automotive history by becoming the first pedestrian killed by a car, according to Guinness World Records. Ms Driscoll was walking in the grounds of Crystal Palace in London with her teenage daughter and a friend when she was struck by a car driven by Arthur James Edsall.The car, a Roger-Benz owned by the Anglo-French Motor Carriage Company, was giving demonstration rides at the time of the accident.Above: Bridget Driscoll, the first pedestrian killed by a motor vehicle One witness described the car as moving at a “tremendous pace, like a fire engine – as fast as a good horse could gallop”.A newspaper article published on 22 August, 1896 in the local Norwood News reported that May Driscoll, Ms Driscoll’s teenage daughter, claimed the driver “did not seem to understand what he was … [Read more...] about Today, more pedestrians were killed by human drivers than autonomous cars

No individual knows where the car in this story has spent all of its 80 years, but we can tell you now that it spent most of 2017 in Villisca, Iowa. A farm town of 1,200 tucked into endless cornfields in the southwest corner of the Hawkeye State, Villisca is best known for an unsolved murder that left a prominent local couple and six children hacked to death during the night of June 9, 1912.We can tell you about it because the car should be disassembled now. Its components will be headed for restoration work on two continents, and its owners will be relieved of an abiding worry that someone could come and steal it.It wasn’t an irrational fear. In August, the owners were victims of a crime, though this one is solved. Men the investigators called “tweakers from Missouri” broke into a shop in Villisca and made off with parts, tools and a 1976 50th anniversary Pontiac Trans Am, one of 110 built with a four-speed manual. The Trans Am has been located and returned, but the … [Read more...] about Barn find of a lifetime: This coachbuilt BMW is a rare 328 factory lightweight racer in disguise